Cloth folding and measuring device



Mar. 20, 11923. 11,449,049 A. A. LEANDER CLOTH FOLDING AND MEASURING DEVICE Fil-ed Mar. 51, 1921 l g y I 'AXEL A. LEANDER T? 5 %M q;

Patented Mar. 2d, 1923.

iliana AXEL A. nnennnn, or SEATTLE, wasnrivo'ron.

CLOTH FOLDING AND MEASURING DEVICE.

Application filed March 31, 1921. Serial No. 57,313.

To all to ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL A. LEANDER, a citizen of the'United States, and a resident of the city of Seattle, county of King, State of Va shington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth Folding and Measuring Devices, of which the fob lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cloth folding and measuring devices, and more particularly to a device of that character especially useful for rolling or folding long strips of cloth into bolts.

The principal object of the invention to provide means whereby a long strip of cloth may be easily and quickly folded into bolt form, and without leaving any wrinkles or creases in the cloth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the above character which consists of a roller, equipped with a graduated scale whereby the width of the cloth may be readily determined, to facilitate the assorting of strips or bolts of different widths.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of yieldazble clasps on the ends of the folding roller, whereby the strips to be folded may be secured to the roller at the start of a folding operation.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a roller which may be used for the above purpose, which has a water proof casing thereon to protect the roller from dampness when it is used as a sponging or pressing roller.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folding roller embodying the present invention, showing it in use with a strip of cloth rolled about it. Also showing a bolt of cloth as folded thereby.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same, partly in section for better illustrating the construction of the roller.

Figure 3 is a detail view of one end of the roller, illustrating the manner in which the clasps are used to attach the cloth strip to the roller.

Figure 4 is an end view of the roller.

Figure 5 is a side View, partly in section. of a roller equipped with a rubber cover strip for protecting the roller from damp cloth when the device is used for sponging or pressing purposes.

Referring more in detail to the several views of the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate the same or like parts- 1 designates a cylindrically formed roller, which preferably would be made of light and durable wood, but which could also be made of suitable metal such as aluminum. The roller is closed at its opposite end walls, or heads 2, and a bar, or shaft 3, is supported rotatably therein, which extends co-aXially through the roller and which has handle portions 4 at its opposite ends whereby one using the device may roll it along to wind a strip of cloth thereon.

Extending longitudinally of the roller is a line 5 which may be embossed in the roller, or painted or otherwise marked thereon, and adjacent this mark are numbered graduations designating inches, and pivotally fixed on the outer face of the end heads 2 are spring clasps 6 having end portions 7 adapted to overlie the rolling surface of the roller for the purpose of securing the opposite edges of the strip of cloth to the roller so that it may be more easily rolled thereon.

Heretofore, it has been common practice in folding strips of cloth, to roll or fold them in bolts upon thin boards which sometimes are removed, but more often are left within the bolt. Or, when the boards are not used, the cloth is folded over and over. While the board systemv forms the more unlformly sized bolts, it is expensive and requires quite a bit of time for making the roll. The latter method saves the cost of the boards but is slow and it is impossible to keep wrinkles or creases from being formed in the cloth. I

In using the device embodied by the present invention for rolling a strip which may be long or short: the strip is first laid out on a counter, so that the roller may be laid across one end thereof. The end of the cloth strip is then drawn up about the roller so that the end edge thereof, which has been out perfectly square, is disposed adjacent and parallel with the gauging line 5 and the clasps 6 are moved to overlie the edges thereof, as is shown in Figures 3 and l, to hold the end of the strip on the roller.

The roller is then advanced along the strip, by means of the handles 4, causing the roller will accurately follow the to the graduations adjacent pressed into bolt form as shown vat the right in Figure 1.. If it is desired to do so, a board may be slipped into the bolt as the roller is withdrawn.

The primary purpose of the line 5 is to afford a means whereby the roller -may be properly positioned to insure that the roll will be properly formed thereon and that strip so that the edges of the bolt will'be perfectly even. By placing the Clasps adjacent the ends of the line, the end of the stripmay be more easily adjusted ,to extend parallel with the line, and the width of the strip may then be easily determined, by referring the line,- and the one rolling the bolts 1nay,ifhe is as sorting the bolts according to length, in this way know its length without measuring later on.

Devices of this character are also espe cially useful in pressing or sponglng goods:

in F igure, 5, which the same being used as a means about which the dampened stripsto bepressed or sponged may be rolled. To protect the surface of the roller when used in this manner, I provide a water proof cover strip 12, as shown may be slipped over the roller.

It is apparent that a device as shown in Figures 1- to 4 inclusive could be used to great advantage in retail dry goods stores where much cloth is handled; also by tailors,

dressmakers, etc., and would be an effectiveand serviceable device for the use above described. Havlng thus dGSClllOGCl my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is: v r v A device of the character described comprising a roller whereon a strip of cloth may be wound, and yieldable clasps pivotally mounted on the ends of said roller hav ing end portions for engaging strip while the latter is being wound on the, roller and which are adapted to be moved from holding relation to positions lying within the that the roller may he slipped the strip rolled thereon;

Signed at Seattle, Washington this 25th day of March 1921.

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